diff --git a/tools/sim/README.md b/tools/sim/README.md
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--- a/tools/sim/README.md
+++ b/tools/sim/README.md
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ openpilot implements a [bridge](bridge.py) that allows it to run in the [CARLA s
 ## System Requirements
 
 openpilot doesn't have any extreme hardware requirements, however CARLA requires an NVIDIA graphics card and is very resource-intensive and may not run smoothly on your system.
-For this case, we have a the simulator in low quality by default.
+For this case, we have the simulator in low quality by default.
 
 You can also check out the [CARLA python documentation](https://carla.readthedocs.io/en/latest/python_api/) to find more parameters to tune that might increase performance on your system.